itunes on a PC

[ken]

Hey All,

I got a new laptop recently and am starting to use it. I'm thinking about moving my mp3s from my old computer and am wondering if it is worth it. I usually use Windows Media Player to listen to mp3s, but now that I have an iphone, I have itunes loaded up as well. Should I just start using that as my default player? Rip CDs in itunes as mp4s and just not be able to move or share them? What do you all do?

Ken

[jb]

Not sure why you'd rip them as MP4s? itunes works with MP3s just fine.

[Manhattan Glutton]

I use WinAmp in Windows and mplayer or qmmp on Linux.

iTunes is pretty nice though if you aren't an obsessive-compulsive techie.

I wrote a program to rip all my CDs to lossless audio, and then I wrote a bash script to convert them all to MP3. And then I dragged some of the MP3s in iTunes for loading up my iPhone.

[roymond]

I rip MP3s at 256, mostly. I use iTunes and have both the song files and the iTunes DB on an external drive so I can hook up various computers and use the same DB. The problem is that my "stereo" dedicated laptop is an old G4 and it can no longer use a compatible iTunes version with my Windows laptop and iBook. So now I'm eying the Sonos with a stand alone NAS drive for the audio and DB.

[Caravan Ray]

I have no idea what I do. I just plug my iPod into my iMac and it all works. I like not having to think about it.

And I just discovered that when I buy something from iTunes on my laptop - the songs somehow magically make their way to my iMac and my wife's laptop! And vice versa! I have no idea how that happens - but I am very pleased it does.

[HeuristicsInc]

So now I'm eying the Sonos with a stand alone NAS drive for the audio and DB.

Just FYI, the solution I've come up with is a Linksys NSLU2 "Slug" Unslung (it's now a tiny little Linux box with an external hard drive). It runs a program called ushare (UPnP) media server.


Only problem is that Unslung won't let the disk spin down so it gets a bit hot.

Then on the stereo I've got this other thing called the Philips Streamium (cheaper than Sonos). It's a nice system. It also gets internet radio, nicely indexed, and is compatible with Rhapsody tho I don't use that.
-bill